102 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ment for inverting and pulverizing the soil. If six of these 

 stout Irishmen had hitched themselves to a good plough, and 

 the seventh had held it, they would have done the work quicker 

 and better. 



Of the address by Dr. Nichols, of Haverhill, I will only 

 remark that it was of such a character as to show very clearly, 

 that, as Essex county has not for many years been outside of 

 her Qwn limits for an orator, she will not have occasion to do 

 so for many years to come. There must be more good things 

 where that came from. 



The dimier is said to have been all very well, and the after 

 entertainment excellent, for which the company were indebted 

 to Rev. Mr. King, Hon. Simon Brown, Mr. Tenny, of Vermont, 

 Mr. Coffin, of Boston, and others. Every thing passed ofl' in a 

 way adapted to impress a stranger favorably with regard to the 

 social feelings and moral character of the people of Essex. No 

 immorality was noticed, unless it be one to compel an ordinary 

 yoke of cattle to take up a steep hill, and hold down the same, 

 four tons on a cart. Your delegate is of opinion that oxen will 

 make their working qualities quite as discernible under rea- 

 sonable as under severe demands. 



J. A* Nash. 



MIDDLESEX. 



By appointment of the Board, the subscriber attended the 

 annual exhibition of the Middlesex County Agricultural So- 

 ciety, at Concord, on the 27th of September, which was held 

 on the grounds of the Society, comprising about six acres, on 

 which they have erected a one-story building, one hundred by 

 fifty feet, the whole cost to the Society being about three thou- 

 sand dollars. The usual attractions of the occasion, favored by 

 pleasant weather, brought together a large concourse of people. 



There were but few articles of manufacture, some fancy 

 work, &c., but none that demand particular attention. 



The exhibition of fruit was large, embracing many rare 

 and choice varieties. The Concord grape appeared in great 

 perfection ; the display was pleasing and satisfactory. 



